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Breakfast Briefing

**The journey to daily valuation reporting**

Date: 24 March 2026 

Venue: Six Park Place, London

Overview:

Moving away from quarterly reporting toward high-frequency valuations is a major operational hurdle for private markets firms. In this live briefing, operational leaders will discuss how to produce consistent, accurate valuations while navigating technology, skills, and regulatory challenges. Join our panel of experts to help shape your firm’s valuation strategy.

Speakers:

 **Paul Cunningham,** Partner, Investment & Fund Structuring, **Helios Investment Partners** 

 **Philip Roach,** EMEA Head of Private Market Valuations, **S&P Global**

 **Arthur Woodward,** CFO, **Blixt Group**  
   
 

**Topics for discussion will include:**

- Valuation vs. estimate: Is a ‘daily NAV’ a true value or simply high-frequency guesswork?
- Methodology tension: Managing diverse valuation methods to reach a credible daily figure.
- Modernising the tech stack: The essential infrastructure needed to move beyond Excel.
- Regulatory compliance: Ensuring processes stand up to AIFMD II and ELTIF 2.0 audits.
- Data risks: Mitigating the risks of third-party data usage and potential litigation.
- Portfolio transparency: How to help portfolio companies deliver more frequent data.
- NAV arbitration: Strategies for GPs to prevent investors from exploiting market dips.
- The ROI of daily reporting: Is the effort justified when DPI is currently the priority?

A notice on attendance:

Service providers can only attend this briefing if they hold a subscription for three seats or more. Eligible firms can send up to two of their subscribers. Unfortunately, single-seat subscribers do not have access to this event.

**Timings:**

**8:30** Registration, networking and breakfast  
**9:00**  Welcome address from moderator  
**9:10** Panel discussion moderated by Jon Whiteaker, *The Drawdown*  
**10:00** Coffee and networking  
**11:00** Close

Register your interest below.

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